On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 15:33 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:48 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for your quick reply. I'm having problems way before that, > > though. (Just responding to you since I'm attaching a screen shot and so > > I can provide a cleaner solution in the end after all the questions.) > > > > First, download OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.ex that is the one > with the working JRE. Note the .exe extension. This means it is > executable. Put this on the server. > > The instructions you use below appear to be for 1.1.x and they may or > may not work with 2.x. > > > On the server: > > - I unpack the files. > > - Should I run the whole install first? I'm assuming so but not sure. > > - I cd to the unpacked directory on the server. Is that the correct > > directory or should I go to the installed directory, to run setup /net? > > - I type setup /net in the directory where the unpacked files are. I > > get the attached screen shot. Should this happen? I'm not sure what > > exactly to put in for each required variable. > > Why bother, simply double-click the exe or run it from a MSDOS command > window. Do have a proper windows session going. You could do it by > mounting the remote server filesystem on the local machine. In this case > use the Custom install and select everything and use the target or > whatever it is called to point to the remote filesystem. WARNING, no > spaces in the name or you will have problems with your clients. > > > > > On the client: > > - I doubleclick the file installedprogramfile\program\soffice.exe on > > the server, and the program just starts on the client. I don't get the > > smaller client installation program I'm expecting. Also I can't save > > files in OpenOffice.org format. > > - And if I double-click the file unpackedprogramfile\setup.exe on the > > server, I just get the normal installation program, not the smaller > > client installation program I'm expecting. > > > > On the client simply invoke soffice via the full path or mount the > remote filesystem and then use that to get to soffice. The rest should > be plain simple. > > Do check the new setup guide at > http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf > for window installation. The expectation in the document is that you are > working on the server during installation. > > Hope this helps. If not let me know where you are getting stalled. > > > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > >On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:28 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>I have to admit I'm having trouble doing a multi-user installation, on > > >>Windows. I get inconsistent results. The /net option gives me a huge > > >>list of parameters or a message not use that approach depending on which > > >>machine I use. I'm not sure which .exe to run on the client (neither > > >>seems to yield the client install window though doing the /net install > > >>correctly will fix this I assume), and as mentioned before if possible > > >>would love to know where all the settings are stored on client and user. > > >> > > >>I've referred to the Setup Guide but was wondering if there was > > >>something more step-by-step out there. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >First, I should think that simply clicking install for all users or what > > >ever it is called would do the trick assuming you are on the server. > > >Works for me on the one XP box I have with multiple users. I would > > >expect that you could do the same thing to, say, a Samba server using > > >the customize installation. Have you tired this approach? The Setup > > >Guide does recommend this for 2.0. For 1.1.5, using setup -net is the > > >approach to take and the various screens should guide you to completion. > > > > > >
I have been thinking about this since we communicated off-line and have come to the conclusion that you are confused. Please post exactly what you are trying to achieve as the end result. I think that from your first post that your goal is much different than what I interpreted. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
